By Dr Charles Leyman Kachitsa
There are some people who walk about apologetic of all things, in all things and on all people they encounter. Life is about existence yet to such people their existence has to be apologise for, might possibly because they have not realised their full purpose. You may have encountered people of this stature and realised their intent on earth as watching even their walk it would be most probably apologetic.
There are some parts in this world where the culture demands that you apologise before any utterances and for all intentions, action you may take. Even when greeting people, you would need to apologise first that you are about to greet them. You apologise whenever you are in the presence of another human being for such a presence is a violation of the other being. Most importantly you are required to apologise before partaking any food and drink including water even if you find yourself alone before such a life sustaining thing.
The one who gave us life did not create human beings who are apologetic about their existence but he created beings that should take up spaces, the space given at His command using a word. He created beings that are to be in command of all things on earth, living and non-living, regardless of where they are. Knowing ones true purpose aligns with the command given on creation and does mean man becomes enlightened and totally knowledgeable to the truth.
The quotes this week are a continuation extraction from a book that invites people to constantly reflect on the intentions of why they were created, re-examining their purpose in life at which ever stage they are at. I am sure the few selected quotations listed below from this book will enlighten you to one or two life lessons, read and enjoy:
THE SOURCE by Dr Tara Swart
“Visualisation is a technique a lot of athletes employ, Everyone from Muhammad Ali to Tiger Woods has spoken about visualisation as a big part of their mental preparation for competition. Outside sport, countless celebrities also credit their success with visualisation. Examples include Arnold Schwarzenegger and Katy Perry, who was once photographed alongside the vision board she put together when she was nine – all of which, including winning a Grammy, had come true.”
“My ‘experiment’ was inspired by some reading I had done on the impact of psychological priming on ageing. ‘Psychological priming’ is the effect that the mindset of ageing has on the physical body – how our thoughts about ageing affect our physical abilities. One study explored the impact of the environment lived in, on age-related physical and mental decline in older people (the original 1979 study was never published in a peer-reviewed journal, but the findings were outlined in Ellen Langer’s book Counter Clockwise. In 1979, a group of octogenarian were put into settings that were a mock-up of their lives two decades earlier – with ‘old-fashioned’ furnishings, listening to radio programmes from the 1950s and with other visual cues. After only a week living in this ‘old’ life, they experienced improved memory, vision, hearing, and even physical strength. Even though these settings were geared against their older, less agile bodies (there were no walking aids allowed if they hadn’t been using them 20 years earlier, and reading glasses were taken away), their overall health function improved even in these areas. Having to live their daily lives without the things they had come to rely on over the previous 20 years and inspired by memories of being in their sixties, the brain quickly adapted, giving them a new lease of life……..”
“Our physical environment plays a major part in maintaining our mood, perspective and stress levels. Take some time to also consider the practical realities of the places where you spend the most time, and assess the impact of this on the functioning of The Source for you. Ask yourself the following questions: —– Is my home calm and happy? —– Is it somewhere I can think clearly? —– Is my workspaces somewhere I can be creative and focused?”
“People who find it difficult to ‘feel their feelings’ are likely to struggle in all sorts of ways with relationships, both personally and professionally. This could show up as anything from ignoring a headache to not realising when they have alienated a colleague or upset a partner. They may have powerful defences against their own aches and pains or feelings of sadness, as well as inappropriate reactions to the emotions of others, even those closest to them: denial, passive aggression, black humour or escapist addictions. Studies have shown that our tolerance for physical pain directly correlates with our ability to withstand stressful emotions – our pain thresholds are interlinked – and this can pan out in many arenas of life. Have you ever thought about how you respond to a knock or a graze, or how you would feel about acupuncture, for example? And is there any correlation between this and how stoical or reactive you are to stress or disappointment?”
